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Genomic signatures of adaptive introgression from European mouflon into domestic sheep [PDF]

Scientific Reports, 2017
Mouflon (Ovis aries musimon) became extinct from mainland Europe after the Neolithic, but remnant populations from the Mediterranean islands of Corsica and Sardinia have been used for reintroductions across Europe since the 19th-century.
Mario Barbato, Frank Hailer, Pablo Orozco-terWengel, James Kijas, Paolo Mereu, Pierangela Cabras, Raffaele Mazza, Monica Pirastru, Michael W. Bruford   +8 more
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Long divergent haplotypes introgressed from wild sheep are associated with distinct morphological and adaptive characteristics in domestic sheep [PDF]

PLoS Genetics, 2023
The worldwide sheep population comprises more than 1000 breeds. Together, these exhibit a considerable morphological diversity, which has not been extensively investigated at the molecular level.
Hong Cheng, Zhuangbiao Zhang, Jiayue Wen, Johannes A. Lenstra, Rasmus Heller, Yudong Cai, Yingwei Guo, Ming Li, Ran Li, Wenrong Li, Sangang He, Jintao Wang, Junjie Shao, Yuxuan Song, Lei Zhang, Masum Billah, Xihong Wang, Mingjun Liu, Yu Jiang   +18 more
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Genomic evidence of improved fertility and adaptation in Iranian domestic sheep attributed to introgression from Asiatic Mouflon and urial [PDF]

Scientific Reports
Due to the diverse climate in Iran, there has been an opportunity for the emergence of different domestic sheep breeds. On the other hand, two of the seven wild sheep species have settled in the broad areas of Iran.
Reza Khalkhali-Evrigh, Nemat Hedayat, Reza Seyedsharifi, Mirdarioush Shakouri, Eric N. Ponnampalam   +4 more
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Giardia duodenalis in sympatric wild reindeer and domestic sheep in Norway [PDF]

International Journal for Parasitology: Parasites and Wildlife
Wild and semi-domesticated reindeer graze freely on natural pastures in Norway, often sharing these with domestic sheep and other domestic and wild ruminants.
Kjersti Selstad Utaaker, Tsegabirhan Kifleyohannes, Bjørnar Ytrehus, Per-Anders Robertsen, Olav Strand, Lucy J. Robertson   +5 more
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Mouflon and Domestic Sheep Phylogeny: Ancestry, Domestication, and Evolutionary Dynamics. [PDF]

Life (Basel)
The ancestry of domestic species from their closest wild relatives is one of the most debated and intriguing topics in evolutionary genetics. This review synthesizes current scientific understanding of the phylogenetic relationships between wild mouflon populations and domestic sheep (Ovis aries).
Mereu P, Pirastru M, Scarpa F, Zedda M, Bogliolo L, Naitana S, Leoni GG.   +6 more
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Deep Genome Resequencing Reveals Artificial and Natural Selection for Visual Deterioration, Plateau Adaptability and High Prolificacy in Chinese Domestic Sheep [PDF]

Frontiers in Genetics, 2019
Sheep were one of the earliest domesticated animals. Both artificial and natural selection during domestication has resulted in remarkable changes in behavioral, physiological, and morphological phenotypes; however, the genetic mechanisms underpinning ...
Weimin Wang, Xiaoxue Zhang, Xiang Zhou, Xiang Zhou, Yangzi Zhang, Yongfu La, Yu Zhang, Chong Li, Youzhang Zhao, Fadi Li, Fadi Li, Fadi Li, Bang Liu, Zhihua Jiang   +13 more
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Kobuvirus in Domestic Sheep, Hungary

Emerging Infectious Diseases, 2010
To the Editor: Picornaviruses (family Picornaviridae) are small, nonenveloped viruses with single-stranded, positive-sense genomic RNA. They are divided into 12 genera: Enterovirus, Aphthovirus, Cardiovirus, Hepatovirus, Parechovirus, Erbovirus, Teschovirus, Sapelovirus, Senecavirus, Tremovirus, Avihepatovirus, and Kobuvirus.
Gábor Reuter, Ákos Boros, Péter Pankovics, László Egyed   +3 more
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The Population History of Domestic Sheep Revealed by Paleogenomes. [PDF]

Mol Biol Evol
Abstract Sheep was one of the first domesticated animals in Neolithic West Eurasia. The zooarchaeological record suggests that domestication first took place in Southwest Asia, although much remains unresolved about the precise location(s) and timing(s) of earliest domestication, or the post-domestication history of sheep.
Kaptan D, Atağ G, Vural KB, Morell Miranda P, Akbaba A, Yüncü E, Buluktaev A, Abazari MF, Yorulmaz S, Kazancı DD, Küçükakdağ Doğu A, Çakan YG, Özbal R, Gerritsen F, De Cupere B, Duru R, Umurtak G, Arbuckle BS, Baird D, Çevik Ö, Bıçakçı E, Gündem CY, Pişkin E, Hachem L, Canpolat K, Fakhari Z, Ochir-Goryaeva M, Kukanova V, Valipour HR, Hoseinzadeh J, Küçük Baloğlu F, Götherström A, Hadjisterkotis E, Grange T, Geigl EM, Togan İZ, Günther T, Somel M, Özer F.   +38 more
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Phenotype transition from wild mouflon to domestic sheep. [PDF]

Genet Sel Evol
AbstractThe domestication of animals started around 12,000 years ago in the Near East region. This “endless process” is characterized by the gradual accumulation of changes that progressively marked the genetic, phenotypic and physiological differences between wild and domesticated species.
Mereu P, Pirastru M, Sanna D, Bassu G, Naitana S, Leoni GG.   +5 more
europepmc   +4 more sources

Identification of Ancestry Informative Marker (AIM) Panels to Assess Hybridisation between Feral and Domestic Sheep [PDF]

Animals, 2020
Hybridisation of wild populations with their domestic counterparts can lead to the loss of wildtype genetic integrity, outbreeding depression, and loss of adaptive features.
Elisa Somenzi, Paolo Ajmone-Marsan, Mario Barbato   +2 more
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